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Eminem & Royce 5’9″ pay tribute to battle rapper Pat Stay who was stabbed to death

Few hours ago, Eminem and Royce 5’9″ honored battle rapper Pat Stay with posts on Twitter.

The legendary battle-rapper was stabbed to death in Fairfax, Nova Scotia, yesterday. Eminem paid tribute to the late Pat Stay on social media, calling him one of the greatest of all time. While Royce highlighted his personality.

“Hip Hop lost one of the best battlers of all time. RIP Pat Stay … KINGS NEVER DIE!!” wrote Eminem on Twitter. ‘R.I.P.
Pat Stay. He was a GREAT man…” said Royce.

The stabbing occurred at 12:36 AM on the 1600 block of Lower Water Street, according to reports. Stay was then taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at just 36 years old. While Halifax Regional Police hadn’t publicly identified Stay as the victim of the stabbing, his brother, Peter, came forward to confirm his passing to CBS News.

Check the tweets below:

Stay, who hailed from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was best known for his talent as a master in rap battles. His 2015 win (his fourth!) in a pay-per-view battle at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto in which he defended his title in King of the Dot’s Blackout 5 against rapper Charron, sealed his place in battle rap history.

Later that year, Pat Stay joined Eminem’s reality TV show, “Road to Total Slaughter,” in which 8 battle rappers competed to co-headline a main event match-up in Slim Shady’s Total Slaughter Battle Rap League.

Royce 5’9″ talks how he handled Joe Budden & Eminem beef

Royce Da 5’9″ has recently sat down with Math Hoffa on My Expert Opinion’s latest episode, where the Detroit legend talked about Eminem, Joe Buddden, Slaughterhouse, Kxng Crooked, Joell Ortiz and many other topics.

“Me and Joe’s relationship is a reconciliation. I’m not turning my back on Joe Budden. Joe made comments about Marshall and people over there don’t f**k with him at all. A lot of people were looking at me like ‘yo, why do you still f**king with Joe.’ My answer to that is, because he’s my friend. And my responsibility as friends to both sides is to not tell them how they should feel. You should be able to feel how you wanna feel. I’m not telling you how the problems are solved. You have the liberty and you have the luxury to handle your problems however you want to handle it. And with Joe, how I handle my friends is I don’t stick my friends in trash when they make mistakes.” said Royce.

Then he continues: “Joe made a mistake. I disagree with it. Me and Joe had small falling out about it. We talked about it. We got past it. He apologized to me. He told me he loved me. And he’s still my friend to this day. Even though, I know that I could have took a more business approach if it was just about the money and just moved on from him. And continue to nurture the relationship with Shady Records. I’m not cut like that. If you are my friend, then you are my friend. Some people say ‘he always defended Marshall’, well s**t, I’m always defending all my friends. They said the same thing about Joe and Wu -Tang s**t. Joe said something about an icon that I despised about the fact that he did that. But he’s my man and my thing is to tell him how I feel about it.”

You can watch the interview below:

Royce 5’9” releases compilation album “The Heaven Experience, Vol. 1” ft. Eminem, Black Thought, Pusha T & more

Royce Da 5’9″ has released new compilation album, titled The Heaven Experience, Vol. 1, featuring Eminem, Black Thought, Pusha T, Rick Ross, Big K.R.I.T., Grafh, King Green, Liz Rodriguez and Courtney Bell.

The Detroit legend has put together some of his greatest hits in one place, including solo tracks like “I’m Good,” “Made” and “Dead Presidents Heads,” as well as collaborations like “Rock City” and “Caterpillar” featuring Eminem and “Black Lives Matter” with Big K.R.I.T..

On top of the new project, Detroit emcee also confirmed in a recent interview with HipHopDX that he’s been busy working on his eighth studio album.

“I’ve been mulling over some ideas. I think I know what I’m going to do next project-wise. I don’t necessarily want to say right now just in case it ends up changing. But I have been working in a couple different directions. But, yeah. I’m definitely working on music, especially now that I’m in a better mental space.” – said Royce.

You can stream the new compilation album below:

Eminem wishes Royce 5’9″ a happy birthday, teases new Bad Meets Evil

Royce Da 5’9″ has released his Eminem-assisted track “Caterpillar” on Royal. The track calls for the new generation of rappers to respect the artists who came before them. King Green delivers on the chorus, and the rap opens with words from legendary poet Gil Scott-Heron.

Royce described the song as: “The basic theme of the song is, ‘Don’t disrespect the caterpillar to praise the butterfly.‘ Marshall falls a little bit more into that category than I do, but both of us are caterpillars. A lot of times, you’ll praise these guys but gotta tear us down…But where do you think his style came from?”

The song was released on May 3, 2018, off Book Of Ryan album.

Yesterday, Royce turned 45 years old and Eminem wished him a happy birthday by retweeting the “Caterpillar” NFT post. In the caption, he wrote: “Happy bday Royce Da 5’9″! What we doin to top this?” Implying the two might get back to the studio for another Bad Meets Evil song or album.

Couple of months ago, in an interview with Smoothvega, Royce revealed he’s ready for new Bad Meets Evil project whenver Eminem calls: “I can not say that, I can speak for Preemo, I do not speak for Marshall Mathers, but I am open to another Bad Meets Evil album. I have not seen him the whole pandemic. I just talked to him, we have not seen each other for a while. I am due to see him soon, I will probably see him within the next couple weeks. I just wanna see him, I want to hug him. And then I think… he is always working on s**t, So I wanna hear whatever it is he is working on. If he is doing the album like whatever I do not know what the f**k he is doing. I wanna hear whatever that is.”

New Song: Logic – “Ten Years,” ft. Royce 5’9″

After teasing his album for a minute, Logic has returned with his 30-track project, titled Vinyl Days.

The Maryland rapper has been rolling out this record for months as he has delivered one single after another, highlighting his desire to take things back to the sonic essence of Hip Hop.

The new album features guest appearances from Action Bronson, Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Russ, Blu & Exile, The Game, DJ Premier, AZ, RZA and more.

It also features Royce 5’9″ on a track titled “Ten Years.” The Detroit legend kicks his verse by referencing Jay Electronica: “I ain’t a hoodlum, they ain’t arrest or murder me yet / Why ain’t I Muslim? Jay Elec’ ain’t converted me yet!”

You can bump the new track below:

Royce 5’9″ is featured on Logic’s new “Vinyl Days” album

Two years after announcing his retirement, Logic is returning to rap with his new album, titled Vinyl Days.

Expected to be released on June 17, 2022, Logic has revealed the tracklist of the album. The new project includes 30 tracks with guest appearances from Royce Da 5’9″, The Game, Action Bronson, Russ, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, DJ Premier and others.

Following the album’s release, Logic will hit the road on his “Vinyl Verse” tour with Wiz Khalifa, starting July 27 in Irvine, California with special guests 24kGoldn, DJ Drama, C Dot Castro, and Fedd the God.

Our man Royce is featured on the 21st track titled “Ten Years.” You can check the full tracklist below:

New Song: Minus – “Plug” ft. Royce 5’9″

Minus, a hip-hop artist from the mid west currently representing San Antonio, Texas whose rap style can be categorized as fast rap with deeper undertones of poetry and meaning, has recently teamed up with Royce Da 5’9″ for a new single titled “Plug.”

This is not the first time Minus jumped on a track with Shady Records artist. Last year, he teamed up with Kxng Crooked on a track “Out of Control.”

In the song, Royce references Eminem with the following lines: “Neck and neck on records with Shady / Voices nice you neck and neck with / Necklaces made up moist tonight snow / No Fly Zone ni**a / don’t play yourself but / You and your guys going home or conveyor…”

You can bump the new track below:

Royce 5’9″ says he’s going to see Eminem soon & he’s open for another Bad Meets Evil album

Royce Da 5’9 has recently sat down with Smoothvega from Nothing Beats Experience podcast, where the Detroit legend talked about recent Slaughterhouse fallout caused by the release of Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked joint project called “Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse.” Smoothvega also asked him about another PRhyme album with DJ Premier, and a long awaited sequel to Bad Meets Evil project with Eminem.

“I can not say that, I can speak for Preemo, I do not speak for Marshall Mathers, but I am open to another Bad Meets Evil album. I have not seen him the whole pandemic. I just talked to him, we have not seen each other for a while. I am due to see him soon, I will probably see him within the next couple weeks. I just wanna see him, I want to hug him. And then I think… he is always working on s**t, So I wanna hear whatever it is he is working on. If he is doing the album like whatever I do not know what the f**k he is doing. I wanna hear whatever that is.”

“He means everything to me [Laughs]. I am just kidding. I mean he put me in the business and he played an integral role in my sobriety. He is just an important person in my life man, he is just a dope a** dude. I value his friendship. I kind of feels like that about all my friend to be honest.” said Royce.

You can watch the segment and full interview after the jump below:

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Royce 5’9″ weighs in on The Game vs Eminem potential battle

Royce Da 5’9″ gives an opinion on a potential Verzuz between The Game and Eminem in the latest interview with Kera Dangerous.

“I think Game is a good challenge for anybody. I think people kind of underestimate what he has done. And his lyrical ability, the ni**a is a stellar emcee.” said Royce.

Royce continues: “As far as Verzuz, nah I do not think so. I do not think so unless it comes down to preference. I just feel like Eminem is just he just hit that plateau too many times over the years in terms of songs. In terms of a rap battle I think Game would have a much better shot. He would do so much better because that is his lane. When he come for somebody, he come for f**king blood. I think it will be entertaining, I mean, from what I am hearing that there a song that exists that he is supposed to be releasing so I guess we will wait to hear the song. I just hope that he does not think that s**t gonna be some sort of walk in the park because, Marshall, he does not turn another cheek man. All these motherf**kers thinking that he just sitting somewhere without no backbone, it is just not true. You are not about to push around, bully that man, you are not gonna do nothing to him, you are not gonna touch him. None of that is gonna happen. You are gonna rap your raps, they are gonna be great raps but those cards come both ways.”

“I have not heard from Marshall about this, but I guarantee you, if Game says the wrong thing in those records, Em’s going to want to respond. Now who can talk him out of response, I do not know, I do not think I am one of those people, I do not even know if I would try to talk him out of it. It will be fun to see what happens.” Royce added.

You can watch the interview below:

Royce 5’9″ talks Eminem’s new album, says Eminem called him to get in the studio

Royce Da 5’9″ has recently done an interview with Kera Dangerous where the two talked about trending topics, asked by fans on social media.

One of the fans’ question came about Eminem: “I hate to ask cause I know Royce HATES Eminem questions but is Royce on the upcoming Eminem album?”

Royce replied: “I did not know I hated Eminem questions [Laughs]. No, let me clarify. I don’t hate the Em questions at all. Eminem is part of my journey. He’s such a big megastar and people don’t get to hear from him a lot. So I think when people look at my interviews, they enjoy me speaking about him in such as candid way. I call him Marshall and when I speak about him like he’s human, that’s interesting for people but it don’t bother me when people ask me Em questions. I’d be bothered if it stops. So with Em, I don’t mind answering this question about his album.”

Then he continues: “So, to answer your question Briccs, me and Em have few songs laying around in the tuck. I don’t know if any of them are going to be on his album as of yet and I don’t even know if he’s working on an album. I know he’s recording some songs right now. He called me couple of days ago and told me he wanted me to get into the studio sooner  than later and check out some songs that he has but I don’t know what they are for. He is always recording, though.”

You can watch the interview below:

Royce 5’9″ reacts on Eminem refusing to perform at Super Bowl without 50 Cent

According to N.O.R.E., Eminem told Jay-Z he wasn’t going to perform at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show if he could not bring 50 Cent with him.

N.O.R.E. confirmed the story on the latest Drink Champs podcast with DJ EFN, which premiered on YouTube couple of days ago. The guest on the show was none other than hip-hop icon Snoop Doggy Dogg.

“Jay-Z told me ‘the White guy called for 50 Cent.’ I said, ‘Who is the White guy? Jimmy Iovine?’ And he said, ‘No, Eminem called directly for Fifty and he said I can not do it if I can not bring 50 with me. That is spiritual.” said N.O.R.E.

50 Cent was not happy with how Jigga addressed Eminem as a ‘white guy,’ so responded on Instagram post with a caption: “Why did he say the white boy, why he did not say the biggest rap artist in the world?”

Royce Da 5’9″ felt proud of Eminem for showing such loyalty, love and respect to Fifty. Royce shared Southpawer article screenshot on his Instagram with the caption: “I love my brother! Shady for life!”

Best DJ Kay Slay & Shady Records collaborations: Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, Royce 5’9″ & more

Legendary New York City DJ and graffiti writer DJ Kay Slay has passed away following COVID-19 battle.

According to veteran Hip Hop promoter Van Silk, the 55-year-old died on Easter Sunday (April 17, 2022), about 4 months after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

“Hip Hop lost a real gem. My dear brother is gone. I have known him since he was sixteen years old. He was my little brother. I introduced him to many and we did a lot of things together. We last talked December because we were finishing up the 200 rolling deep project.” told Silk in a statement with HipHopDX.

To honor the legendary producer, we have listed some of the best songs he has made with Shady Records artists, from Eminem and 50 Cent to D12 and Slaughterhouse. #RestInPece

1. DJ Kay Slay – “I’m Gone,” featuring Eminem and Obie Trice.

2. DJ Kay Slay – “Census Bureau,” featuring D12.

3. DJ Kay Slay – “50 Shot Ya,” featuring 50 Cent.

4. DJ Kayslay – “Rolling 50 Deep,” featuring Royce 5’9″ and 49 other rappers.

5. DJ Kay Slay – “Respect The Architect,” featuring Conway The Machine, Busta Rhymes & Benny the Butcher.

6. DJ Kay Slay – “Freestyle,” featuring Eminem.

7. DJ Kay Slay – “Kayslay Freestyle,” featuring Slaughterhouse.

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